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There are a couple of golden single word questions which are life’s best teachers. Some of these are What ? When ?, Why ?, Where ?, Who ? and How ?. Today we will discuss the “Why? and Where?” of Investments. We mostly do everything with a purpose and that is same with financial activities. […]
The GOI has announced a new tax regime in the annual Budget, leaving the option to each tax payer to continue with the old regime if it suits her/him. Recently there has been some communication from ministries/departments to their respective employees to intimate their choice of option for the current FY. The salaried employees also […]
Inflation is a very commonly heard word and assumed to be understood well. However, not everyone factors that understanding into financial decision making, thereby overestimating returns or under estimating objectives. We further compound the effect of inflation when we fail to calibrate our lifestyle according to our affordability. What is Monetary Inflation? In simple words […]
In another discussion on “Are You Organized for Investing”, we talked about opening a Public Provident Fund (PPF) account. PPF is open to all citizens without any age limit, meaning that both adults and minors can open it. It makes great sense to open an account each for self, spouse and children. While one might […]
The National Pension System (NPS) is GOIs Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and all Indian Citizens (including service personnel) can subscribe to it. One can open NPS Tier 1 Account which carries significant tax benefits, and an additional Tier II account which has relatively no withdrawal restrictions, but does not provide any tax benefits. One needs […]